Self-assembled conjoined-cages.

ABSTRACT: A self-assembled coordination cage usually possesses one well-defined three-dimensional (3D) cavity whereas infinite number of 3D-cavities are crafted in a designer metal-organic framework. Construction of a discrete coordination cage possessing multiple number of 3D-cavities is a challenging task. Here we report the peripheral decoration of a trinuclear [Pd₃L₆] core with one, two and three units of a [Pd₂L₄] entity for the preparation of multi-3D-cavity conjoined-cages of [Pd₄(L^a)₂(L^b)₄], [Pd₅(L^b)₄(L^c)₂] and [Pd₆(L^c)₆] formulations, respectively. Formation of the tetranuclear and pentanuclear complexes is

SUBMITTER: Samantray S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7021905 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature